As we all know, between a man with a height of 1.79m and a man with a height of 1.80m, although the difference between the two is only one centimeter, it is full of roars and shouts about male dignity in this centimeter.
I don't know when height became an important criterion for measuring male image, and its influence is so great that it has even surpassed looks and wealth.
In addition, the public's requirements for men's height standards are very special, too short is certainly not enough, too high will also make it difficult to accept.
On the mainland, the most well-known tall man is None other than Yao Ming, and through some photos of Yao Ming's life captured by the news media, we can feel a sense of majestic strangeness, the reason is that Yao Ming is too tall.
Qing Dynasty giant Zhan Shichao, a 3-meter giant taller than Yao Ming?
In the official information, Yao Ming's height is 2.26m, which is already far beyond the world average of "abnormal height", Yao Ming is also based on this natural advantage, won a lot of honors in the CAB and NBA games.
But you may not know that during the Qing Dynasty, there was also a very tall giant on the mainland, his name was Zhan Shichao, according to rumors, his height was 3.19 meters high, nearly 1 meter higher than Yao Ming.
Zhan Shichao was a Han Chinese in the Daoguang era, inheriting the gene of the family's height and height, and Zhan Shichao's height and speed of growth far exceeded that of his peers from an early age.
Zhan Shichao's popularity is not high, and there is no historical record of him except for folk tales.
It is also for this reason that when Zhan Shichao was named "Giant of the Qing Dynasty" more than 10 years ago, after the inexplicable and wonderful popular network, the character stories and information data about Zhan Shichao were also amplified by various exaggerations.
Among them, there are two of the most exaggerated, one is to advocate that Zhan Shichao's height is more than 3 meters, which is 3.19 meters or even higher, and the other is to compile the legend that Zhan Shichao betrayed the country and became a lackey of the British invaders.
These two contents, true and true, false and false, Zhan Shichao's height is higher than ordinary people is indeed true, but it does not reach the exaggerated figure of 3.19 meters.
In zhan shichao's life experience, there are indeed many intersections with the British, but they have not risen to the level of betrayal of the country, so next, let's talk about the life of the Qing Dynasty giant Zhan Shichao.
Second life in england
First of all, regarding the height of Zhan Shichao, according to reliable historical records, Zhan Shichao is long, more than eight feet long, and according to the measurement conversion, it is about 2.48 meters.
In addition, there are historical records that the length of Zhan Shichao's coffin is about 2.6 meters, which can be concluded that Zhan Shichao's body length does not exceed 3 meters.
Then there is the history of the intersection between Zhan Shichao and the British, who left a photo at a local photo studio around the early 1880s.
Zhan Shichao in the photo is dressed in the costume of a Qing Dynasty official, and after taking this photo, Zhan Shichao followed a foreigner to Britain.
Compared with the list of imperial court officials during the Qing Dynasty, Zhan Shichao is not listed among them, and it can be seen that the official clothes in this photo are only costume props in the photo studio.
The reason why Zhan Shichao left such a photo is naturally not because of his personal whim, the real situation is related to the foreigner who took him to Britain.
Zhan Shichao worked in an ink mill in the concession area, and during his work, his outstanding height characteristics were favored by the British, who intended to bring Zhan Shichao back to the country and use it as an exhibit to earn money.
After all, they have a very rich experience in running a population business, and taking Zhan Shichao to take photos is also to package the goods and add value to them.
After the British brought Zhan Shichao back to Britain, they marketed it as an exhibit, collected tickets for people to see, and made money, and all the money earned naturally went into the British people's own pockets.
The reason why Zhan Shichao left with the British was also because the British promised him that they would get him out of his original bleak life and bring him better living conditions.
But in fact, the British only provided a simple place to live for Zhan Shichao, and there were only two meals a day, and when people's curiosity gradually calmed down, Zhan Shichao was quickly abandoned by the British.
Lamenting the Zhan family who are difficult to return to their roots
Although Zhan Shichao was ruthlessly abandoned by the British as an expired commodity, his living conditions did not change much, after all, the so-called new life brought to him by the former was only under normal standards.
Zhan Shichao, who is in a foreign land, has no one to rely on, and the possibility of returning to his hometown again is infinitely closer to zero, and even if he returns to his hometown, Zhan Shichao's living conditions will not be much different from now.
So Zhan Shichao began to live in England, with physical advantages, Zhan Shichao easily found a labor job, this job can not only meet his personal requirements for food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also a small surplus.
In the rich part, Zhan Shichao used the learning of English, after a long period of study and training, coupled with the influence of the environment, in the second year of britain, Zhan Shichao has practiced fluent English.
After that, Zhan Shichao lived steadily in England, and also married an English woman, flipping through the family tree of the Zhan family, in which we can also see the names of the descendants of Zhan Shichao and his British wife.
- "ShiChao... Married to the Great British clan, Zi Ze Jun, born on September 17, 1876. ”
Zhan Zechun, this is the name of Zhan Shichao's son, and there is another point that needs to be emphasized here, Zhan Zechun can be listed in the family tree, which naturally shows that Zhan Zechun has successfully returned to his hometown and found the roots of the family.
However, there is actually a long time interval between Zhan Zechun's return to his hometown and his roots, and when he is actually recognized and named in the family tree.
Because Zhan Zechun, according to his father's description, when he first returned to his hometown, Zhan Shichao's brother, that is, one of Zhan Zechun's uncles and elders, he vigorously denied Zhan Zechun's kinship with the family.
The reason is also very realistic, he is afraid that Zhan Zechun will come to divide his father's inheritance with him, and he is also worried that Zhan Zechun will encroach on the industrial assets he owns.
In the end, Jenze returned to England in a disheartened state, spending the rest of his life in England like his father, and eventually buried in a foreign land.
epilogue
Because of his desire for money, Zhan Shichao was used as an exhibit to open a second life, and for the same reason, Zhan Zechun was refused to return home and left his hometown full of grief.
The scarcity of the human heart is the initial driving force of all progress, but the greed and endless desires that are morbidized by the feeling of scarcity will water and cultivate ugly fruits.
Because of desire and greed, Zhan Shichao and Zhan Zechun father and son were both buried in a foreign land, and the sadness of this was really lamentable and depressing.